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Mary's troubled relationship with houseboy Moses comes to a violent end. Stars Alison Petit and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

Dick unknowingly seals Mary's fate, as her troubled relationship with houseboy Moses comes to a violent end.

Conclusion of Doris Lessing's powerful exploration of racial politics in 1940s Rhodesia.

Mary Turner 1 ...... Alison Pettit
Mary Turner 2 ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Charlie Slatter ...... Miles Anderson
Dick Turner ...... Andrew Wincott
Tony Marston ...... Tom George
Denham ...... Don McCorkindale
Moses ...... Nicholas Beveney
Pheobe Slatter ...... Estelle Kohler

Dramatised by Tina Pepler.

Director: Marion Nancarrow

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in September 2000.

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